10 мифов об Афганистане
" 5. After the Soviets withdrew, the west walked away
One of the most common promises western politicians made after they toppled the Taliban in 2001 was that "this time" the west would not walk away, "as we did after the Russians pulled out". Afghans were surprised to hear these promises. They remembered history in rather a different way. Far from forgetting about Afghanistan in February 1989, the US showed no let-up in its close involvement with the mujahideen. Washington blocked the Soviet-installed President Mohammad Najibullah's offers of concessions and negotiations and continued to arm the rebels and jihadis in the hope they would quickly overthrow his Moscow-backed regime.
This was one of the most damaging periods in recent Afghan history when the west and Pakistan, along with mujahideen intransigence, undermined the best chance of ending the country's civil war. The overall effect of these policies was to prolong and deepen Afghanistan's destruction, as Charles Cogan, CIA director of operations for the Middle East and south Asia, 1979–1984, later recognised. "I question whether we should have continued on this momentum, this inertia of aiding the mujahideen after the Soviets had left. I think that was probably, in retrospect, a mistake," he said ..."
(c) http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/sep/27/10-myths-about-afghanistan
PS:
извиняюсь конечно , что ссылка на английском , но полностью переводить лениво ..
На всякий случай , если у вас англицким проблемы : в статье идёт среди прочего речь и о том , что растиражированное : якобы после вывода войск советских интервентов в феврале 1989 года США прекратили всякую поддержку афганским моджахедам разных мастей и не вмешивались во внутренние межафганские разборки .. не что иное как миф ..